APPENDIX A
SENTENCING BREAKDOWN FOR OFFENCES RELATING
TO COCAINE & CRACK COCAINE 2006-08
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| 2006
| 2007 | 2008(1)
|
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| Import (all class A) (Drug types cannot be disaggregated)
|
| Absolute discharge | 0
| 0 | 0
|
| Conditional discharge | 4
| 3 | 2
|
| Fine | 6 |
7 | 1
|
| Community sentence | 4
| 8 | 2
|
| Suspended sentence | 4
| 7 | 0
|
| Immediate custody | 570
| 503 | 517
|
| Otherwise dealt with | 2
| 0 | 2
|
| Total sentenced | 590
| 528 | 524
|
| ACSL(2) | 86.2
| 88.8 | 89.3
|
| Supply or offer to supply (cocaine)
|
| Absolute discharge | 0
| 0 | 0
|
| Conditional discharge | 9
| 4 | 5
|
| Fine | 12 |
6 | 9
|
| Community sentence | 69
| 70 | 70
|
| Suspended sentence | 47
| 89 | 99
|
| Immediate custody | 358
| 353 | 505
|
| Otherwise dealt with | 7
| 4 | 13
|
| Total sentenced | 502
| 526 | 701
|
| ACSL(2) | 38.7
| 35.6 | 46.5
|
| Supply or offer to supply (crack cocaine)
|
| Absolute discharge | 0
| 0 | 0
|
| Conditional discharge | 3
| 0 | 1
|
| Fine | 4 |
1 | 0
|
| Community sentence | 37
| 28 | 64
|
| Suspended sentence | 23
| 24 | 36
|
| Immediate custody | 202
| 206 | 247
|
| Otherwise dealt with | 3
| 2 | 9
|
| Total sentenced | 272
| 261 | 357
|
| ACSL(2) | 37.7
| 38.5 | 40.7
|
| Possession (cocaine) |
| Absolute discharge | 4
| 9 | 13
|
| Conditional discharge | 574
| 776 | 815
|
| Fine | 2,055
| 2307 | 2817
|
| Community sentence | 984
| 1350 | 1512
|
| Suspended sentence | 93
| 140 | 130
|
| Immediate custody | 187
| 213 | 251
|
| Otherwise dealt with | 84
| 87 | 241
|
| Total sentenced | 3,981
| 4,882 | 5,779
|
| ACSL(2) | 9.7
| 6.0 | 5.5
|
| Possession (crack cocaine)
|
| Absolute discharge | 2
| 4 | 2
|
| Conditional discharge | 154
| 255 | 246
|
| Fine | 392
| 409 | 569
|
| Community sentence | 292
| 368 | 438
|
| Suspended sentence | 32
| 47 | 48
|
| Immediate custody | 86
| 106 | 131
|
| Otherwise dealt with | 15
| 22 | 109
|
| Total sentenced | 973
| 1,211 | 1,543
|
| ACSL(2) | 5.1
| 4.3 | 3.2
|
| Possession with intent to supply (cocaine)
|
| Absolute discharge | 1
| 4 | 1
|
| Conditional discharge | 6
| 5 | 8
|
| Fine | 9 |
19 | 13
|
| Community sentence | 94
| 119 | 125
|
| Suspended sentence | 94
| 171 | 194
|
| Immediate custody | 774
| 837 | 1137
|
| Otherwise dealt with | 8
| 10 | 42
|
| Total sentenced | 986
| 1,165 | 1,520
|
| ACSL(2) | 38.2
| 40.8 | 38.3
|
| Possession with intent to supply (crack cocaine)
|
| Absolute discharge | 0
| 0 | 0
|
| Conditional discharge | 1
| 3 | 2
|
| Fine | 3 |
3 | 0
|
| Community sentence | 45
| 46 | 67
|
| Suspended sentence | 17
| 31 | 35
|
| Immediate custody | 231
| 276 | 334
|
| Otherwise dealt with | 1
| 5 | 13
|
| Total sentenced | 298
| 364 | 451
|
| ACSL(2) | 34.4
| 32.5 | 34.5
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(1) Data for 2008 are provisional
(2) Average custodial sentence length (months) excludes life/indeterminate sentence
Source: Justice Statistics—Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice
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These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns,
the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in
any large scale recording system.
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